Varaha Purana 4.37: Adhyaya 4, Shloka 37
On Nārāyaṇa’s Ten Avatāras and Eightfold Manifestations, and the Account of King Aśvaśirā
अतोऽर्थं दर्शितं रूपं देवस्य परमात्मनः । आवयोस्तव राजेन्द्र प्रतीतिः स्याद् यथा तव । एवं सर्वगतो विष्णुस्तव देहे जनेश्वर ॥ ४.३७ ॥
ato'rthaṁ darśitaṁ rūpaṁ devasya paramātmanaḥ | āvayostava rājendra pratītiḥ syād yathā tava | evaṁ sarvagato viṣṇus tava dehe janeśvara || 4.37 ||
అందువల్ల పరమాత్మదేవుని ఉద్దేశ్యార్థసహితమైన రూపం చూపబడింది; ఓ రాజేంద్రా, మా మధ్య నీకు యథోచితమైన అవగాహన కలుగునట్లు. ఈ విధంగా సర్వవ్యాపి విష్ణువు, ఓ జనేశ్వరా, నీ దేహంలోనూ ఉన్నాడు।
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It reflects a common Purāṇic pedagogical mode: a teacher-figure articulates the all-pervading nature of the Supreme Self (paramātman) to ground doctrinal understanding within a dialogue setting.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; the focus is doctrinal (all-pervasion and embodied presence) rather than sacred geography.
The verse emphasizes cultivated understanding (pratīti) of the all-pervading divine presence, encouraging reflective self-awareness rather than externalized or purely ritual knowledge.
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